In Roushie, the letter Ka represents the plain voiceless velar plosive/k/ or the palatalized ane /kʲ/; for example, the wird короткий ("short") contains baith the kinds: [kɐˈrotkʲɪj]. The palatalized variant is pronounced when the follaein letter in the wird is ь, е, ё, и, ю, or я.